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June 16, 2019
Coronavirus has killed more people in Italy than in any other country, after deaths there rose by 427 in a day.
The number of deaths now stands at 3,405, which is more than in China where the virus originated last year. There have been 3,245 reported deaths in China, but there have been questions over the reliability of its data.
A lockdown imposed on 12 March in Italy has been extended beyond the original 25 March end date. Nearly all Italians have been told to stay at home.
Despite these measures, the number of new cases and deaths has continued to spiral. There have been 220,000 cases of the virus worldwide with more than 9,000 deaths.
China confirmed it had no new domestic cases on Wednesday for the first time since the outbreak began, a major milestone. But it reported 34 new cases among people who had recently returned to the country. The number of cases in China - more than 81,000 - is still far higher than in Italy, which has 41,035.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/
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Cristiano Ronaldo has been quarantined as a result of Rugani's positive coronavirus test ... just a few days after the players were spotted huddling together for a pic.
International soccer star Daniele Rugani -- who plays alongside Cristiano Ronaldo for Juventus -- has tested positive for coronavirus ... the team announced Wednesday.
The team says the 25-year-old Italian is currently asymptomatic ... but he's been quarantined along with all the people he has had contact within recent weeks. Rugani is a rising star in the sport ... and has played for Juventus since 2013.
The coronavirus has spread like wildfire throughout Italy ... with reportedly more than 600 deaths and 10,000 known cases. Juventus has been one of the many football clubs playing without fans in the past weeks ... and most recently played Inter Milan on March 8th. Rugani posted a celebratory pic after his squad won the match.
Source: https://www.tmz.com/
The National Basketball Association will suspend its season after a player tested positive for coronavirus, upending the league’s attempts to maintain business as usual during the outbreak.
A player on the Utah Jazz received the diagnosis on a preliminary basis, the NBA said in a statement Wednesday. The test result came shortly before the Jazz were to play the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the game was scrapped. “The NBA is suspending game play following the conclusion of tonight’s schedule of games until further notice,” the league said. “The NBA will use this hiatus to determine next steps for moving forward in regard to the coronavirus pandemic.”
Basketball fans leaves an NBA game between Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz after it was postponed.
The player who tested positive for Covid-19 wasn’t in the arena when the Jazz game was about to take place, the NBA said.
The decision -- coming less than 24 hours after a number of NBA teams were adamant that their games would continue with arenas full of spectators -- also shows just how quickly the sports world is rushing to update its approach to the virus.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/
Josie Harris, an ex-girlfriend of Floyd Mayweather who had three children with the former champion boxer, has been found dead at her suburban Los Angeles home, authorities said Wednesday.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told KABC-TV that 40-year-old Josie Lynn Harris was the mother of three of Mayweather’s children. She was found dead in a vehicle in the driveway of her apparent home in Valencia north of Los Angeles on Tuesday evening.
Sheriff’s deputies were investigating the death, which was first reported by TMZ, with the celebrity news website reporting foul play was not suspected.
In 2010 Mayweather was accused of assaulting Harris and threatening two of their children during an argument. He admitted hitting Harris and twisting her arm, eventually pleading guilty to a reduced domestic violence charge and serving two months in jail.
After Mayweather told an interviewer that he was simply trying to restrain Harris, who was on drugs during the incident, Harris sued him for defamation in 2015.
Source: https://www.channelstv.com/
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was "marshaling the full power of the federal government" to confront a growing public health crisis, including a month-long halt in travel from Europe to the United States.
Trump said he was overseeing "the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history." Trump was speaking during a rare Oval Office address to the nation after facing harsh criticism for his response to the pandemic.
Wednesday evening's speech marks Trump's second time delivering an address to the nation from the Oval Office. The President previously delivered an address on immigration amid a partial government shutdown in January 2019. Earlier Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
There are 118,000 cases globally and more than 4,000 deaths, the agency said, and the virus has found a foothold on every continent except for Antarctica. The White House is already proposing to Congress certain economic relief measures to help mitigate the coronavirus' economic effect.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/
The Kano State government has removed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, from office.
The Secretary to the State Government, Usman Alhaji, announced this on Monday at the State Executive Council meeting which held at the Government House in Kano. Alhaji explained that the state government took the decision to remove the traditional ruler over allegations of consistently refusing to abide by instructions given to him.
According to him, the removal was in line with the recommendation of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission which summoned the emir.
The commission had asked the traditional ruler to respond to a petition accusing him of selling lands belonging to the Kano Emirate to the tune of N2 billion. Sanusi had, however, secured a restriction order from a court to stop the commission from investigating him.
Security operatives stationed at the entrance of the palace of the Emir of Kano in Kano State
Meanwhile, there have also been reports of a rowdy session in the Kano State House of Assembly shortly after the announcement of the emir’s removal. The mace was later taken away from the chamber by a man believed to be the clerk of the House. Shortly after the traditional ruler’s removal was announced, a team of security operatives stormed his palace.
Emir of Bichi, Aminu Ado Bayero was announced as the new Emir of Kano.
Source: https://www.channelstv.com/
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds are expecting their first child together and are engaged to be married, the couple announced on Saturday.
"The prime minister and Miss Symonds are very pleased to announce their engagement and that they are expecting a baby in the early summer," the couple said in a statement.
The 55-year-old Johnson took office in July and led his Conservative Party to a decisive election victory in December.
The announcement means he will become the first British prime minister to marry in office for 250 years.
The Sun newspaper quoted a Downing Street source as saying "Boris and Carrie are both delighted at this news. They have both known for a while but have kept it under wraps until the pregnancy progressed."
"It partly explains why he has been lying low recently - although he works flat out and that won’t change. Carrie is thrilled and she will also continue to work on her environmental projects," the paper quoted the source as saying.
Johnson was previously married to Marina Wheeler.
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/
With a profit after tax (PAT) of N209 billion in its recently released financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019, up from the N193 billion recorded the previous year, Zenith Bank has become the first Nigerian Bank to cross the N200 billion mark.
AriseTV Analyst, Mr. Chika Mbonu, stressed this while analysing the company’s performance on the ‘Global Business Report,’ yesterday.
Mbonu, who is a former bank chief executive and presently Managing Director, KSBC Advisory Partners Limited, added: “It is impressive. The bank’s gross earnings came in at N662 billion with a growth of about five per cent over the previous year, which was driven principally by the growth in their net interest income by about 29 per cent.
“If you look at the report, you will find that the net interest income fell by 10 per cent and not surprisingly because of the challenges they faced last year in repricing the assets.” He added: “The major growth you would find is in the non-interest line which grew by 29 per cent, which was driven by the more than 100 per cent growth in electronic banking fees….” For full quote (https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/02/25/zenith-becomes-first-nigerian-bank-to-post-n209bn-pat/)
Source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/
The Most Valuable Player award for the NBA All-Star Game has been permanently named for Kobe Bryant, the basketball legend who died last month in a helicopter crash, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced on Saturday.
“Kobe Bryant is synonymous with NBA All-Star and embodies the spirit of this global celebration of our game,” Silver said. “He always relished the opportunity to compete with the best of the best and perform at the highest level for millions of fans around the world.”
Kobe Bryant, pictured here in 2011, won the NBA All-Star Game MVP award four times
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be presented on Sunday at the conclusion of the 2020 All-Star Game, which is being held in Chicago. The recipient of the award will be chosen by NBA fans, who account for 25% of the vote, and a media panel, which accounts for 75% of the vote.
Bryant, his young daughter Gianna and seven other people died when the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in hilly terrain near Calabasas, California, on Jan. 26. They will be honored at the All-Star Game this weekend, the NBA said.
Source: Yahoo Sports News